Heel lift attachment plate



Sept. 30, 1947.

Filed Sept. 21, 1945 J. J. ROMAN HEEL LIFT ATTACHMENT PLATE SnventorJOHN J How/AN.

(Ittorneg Patented Sept. 30, 1947 HEEL LIFT ATTACHMENT PLATE John J.Roman, East Hartford, Conn.

Application September 21, 1945, Serial No. 617,795

1 Claim. 1

This invention relates to a heel lift attachment plate particularlyintended for quickly fastening replaceable lifts to shoe heels.

The primary object of the invention is to provide a device whereby aheel lift may be quickly detached from the heel and replaced with a newone without requiring driving of nails or the use of special tools.

Another object of this invention is to provide an attachment devicewhich may be quickly attached to the heel of a shoe to firmly securethereto the bottom lift in such a manner that it may be easily removedand replaced with a new one when it has become worn.

Further objects and advantages of this invention will be more clearlyunderstood from the following description and from the accompanyingdrawings in which:

Fig. 1 is a fragmentary elevational side view of a portion of a shoeshowing my invention as applied to the heel thereof.

Fig. 2 is a bottom View, in elevation, of the attachment plate.

Fig. 3 is a side View, in central vertical section, of a lift adapted tobe attached by said plate.

Fig. 4 is a side View, in central vertical section, showing the lift assecured within the plate.

As shown in the drawings, my invention provides a plate 5 havingopenings 6 for securing said plate to the heel of a shoe, such asindicated at l.

The said plate is shaped to conform with the shape of a heel and has amarginal flange 8 depending therefrom and extending inwardly to providea lift receiving recess with inwardly tapered walls. The flange 9, atthe front of the heel, is notched as at In to permit the use of asuitable pointed implement for removing the lift from the plate.

As shown in Fig. 3, the lift it may be formed with a surroundingshoulder l2 adapted to extend under the edges of the surrounding walls 8and 9 of the plate. The said lift may also have an upwardly extendingsurrounding flange l3, formed by a drawing operation adapted to draw theedges of the lift upwardly to provide said flange so that the lift maybe inserted into the recess on the plate 5 and then, by hammering thelift into place, causing the said flange l3 to expand, or flatten, withthe recess so that the lift will interlock with the plate 5 as clearlyshown in Fig. 4.

From the above it will be clearly seen that my invention provides anovel attaching plate which can be very readily used by inexperiencedpersons to replace a worn out heel lift with a new one. It is alsopointed out that my invention may be easily adapted for interchangeablysecuring gliders on furniture or the like as well as for interchangeablyattaching other flat members to different articles.

I claim:

For a heel, a lift attaching device consisting of a flat plate adaptedto be secured to the heel and having a surrounding wall dependingtherefrom to form a recess in the bottom of said plate with inwardlyinclined walls, a lift consisting of a substantially flat resilientmember having a surrounding laterally extending flange along the bottomthereof to overlap the edges of said depending wall of the plate, and asurrounding flange along the top of said lift having an outwardlyinclined inner wall and a substantially thin edge; the said upwardlyextending flange being adapted, upon insertion of said lift into therecess of the plate, to flatten upon the upper surface of the lift andcause expansion thereof to fill the recess in the bottom of the plateand thereby secure the lift to said plate.

JOHN J. ROMAN.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file ofthis patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 48,266 Dunbar June 20, 1865473,590 Randolph Apr. 26, 1892

